Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Manipur has roped in scientists and experts from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to identify mysterious predators that had been attacking humans and killing livestock for over a month. Reports of killing domesticated animals and fowls were first reported from a village in Churachandpur district about 75 km from …
Prediction of earthquake in advance is really a challenging task for the scientific community till now. But research results from various scientists regarding lineament extraction using satellite imageries help us to way forward for earthquake monitoring study. For the present study, Landsat 8 OLI Time series data analyzed by integrating …
Two boys were killed and at least 15 more houses washed away in flash floods in Manipur, and people complained that the administration has been failing to help them deal with the calamity. A seven-year-old boy in Imphal East district was electrocuted on Monday when he walked on a live …
Manipur has been experiencing the warmest days in the last five years, according to Meteorological (MET) office here. MET office at Tulihal airport complex near Imphal claimed to have recorded the highest temperature of 35.6 degree Celsius and lowest at 16.9 degree Celsius on Sunday followed by similar temperature of …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to sanction Rs 1800 crore to develop key roads in Manipur, including the 110 Km Imphal-Moreh section of National Highway 2. The Manipur component amount comes under the Regional Co-operation and Integration (RCI) project of the bank and the Indo-Myanmar connectivity has included …
Imphal, Sept. 27: The Okram Ibobi Singh government is preparing a masterplan to turn Manipur into a tourist hub by developing tourism infrastructure in the state. But the government is apprehensive that the prevailing law and order might be a hindrance in attracting tourists in large numbers. Ibobi Singh asked …
IMPHAL, August 7 – The Manipur Cabinet has approved an action plan to tackle the problems being faced by cultivators in the State due to insufficient rainfall. “The Cabinet has approved an action plan to supplement irrigation facilities in the State through distribution of 400 numbers of pump sets to …
IMPHAL, July 31 – Manipur-based Naga bodies have strongly objected to oil exploration activities in Tamenglong and Churachandpur and Jiribam subdivision of the State. “The surreptitious activities of the Government of India and the Government of Manipur in extending a license to a multinational company for oil exploration in Tamenglong, …
Contrary to the immediate demand of declaring drought in Manipur, the Manipur Government has decided to provide urea at subsidised rates besides monitoring the rainfall pattern and its status. Though there is a report of onset of monsoon which is the lifeline of agriculture in the State, rains are deficient, …
Imphal: The Manipur government sold power outside the state despite the crippling power crisis in the state, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India report for the year ending March 31, 2011, has revealed. “Avoid selling power outside the state and consider using the same within the state for meeting …
IMPHAL, July 2 – Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh presented the budget estimates for the year 2012-13 in the State Assembly here today. The total receipts during 2012-13 are estimated at Rs 8,232.66 crores, a jump of 30 per cent over 2011-12 of Rs 6,331.79 crore, Ibobi said while …
Introduction of pre-paid power supply in Manipur’s core area has resulted in tremendous improvement in billing and collection besides reducing the load demand by more than 50 per cent. This came to light during the State level workshop on “Issues and Challenges in Power Supply Management in Manipur” jointly organised …
Imphal, May 17: Three departments of the Manipur government — public health engineering (PHE), irrigation and flood control and forest — are about to join forces under one policy, set to be initiated by the PHE to conserve the state’s water resources. “A joint meeting of the three departments will …
IMPHAL, April 26 – Power-starved Northeast States, including Manipur, should initiate steps to replicate the idea of tapping renewable power as in and around Maharashtra’s Nagpur city. This was shared by almost all the 20 journalists from Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh who recently toured Nagpur to witness the various agro-based …
IMPHAL, April 15 – The scientists at the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Manipur centre have successfully induced breeding of Khabak (Bangana dero), an indigenous minor carp of the region in an extended breeding season. “We have successfully started to breed Bangana dero in an extended breeding season following …
IMPHAL: The Manipur government has miserably failed in containing the widespread practice of starting wildfire for hunting and clearing the mountain slopes for cultivation. The tribals have found that the ashes from the burnt trees and other vegetations are natural manure. The raging wildfire also drives away the terrified wild …
IMPHAL: The water supply division of the Public health Engineering has notified the people that since the water sources had dried up the water reservoirs and supply plants located in some parts of Imphal can no longer supply water to the people. Meanwhile, government and private hospitals are depending on …
The Manipur government is working on a plan to allow only those who have garage space to buy four-wheelers and two-wheelers in a bid to ease traffic congestion in the city and other towns of the state. Responding to a call attention motion raised by two Opposition members in the …
Imphal, Feb. 19: The campaign against Tipaimukh hydroelectric project is gaining momentum in Manipur with various local organisations joining the anti-dam cry and demanding scrapping of the project. Today, students and villagers from 10 villages of Imphal West took out a bicycle rally in the district. The campaign was kicked …
Shillong, Feb. 17: Citizens have asked the state government to put in place a land policy as the number of landless people in the state is on the rise. The land policy and various other issues came up for discussion at the pre-budget consultation on resource allocation for 2012-13, held …
